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   rez | Jul 10, 2007 03:28pm | #1

   Greetings red,

   This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again which will increase it's viewing.

   Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.

   Cheers

   The dead and for the most part unmerchantable wood behind my house, and the driftwood from the pond, have supplied the remainder of my fuel. I was obliged to hire a team and a man for the plowing, though I held the plow myself. My farm outgoes for the first season were, for implements, seed, work, etc., $14.72½.
   -Thoreau's Walden
   
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   BryanSayer | Jul 10, 2007 04:23pm | #2

   There is a regular refinishing system using super powered vacs that claims to be dustless. Adds about 50 cents (or maybe a dollar) per sq. ft.

   Do a search for "dustless floor refinishing". I forget the brand name of the equipment, but basically it is a trailer mounted major vacuum that is outside of the house. So very little dust in the house.

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   Shep | Jul 10, 2007 08:57pm | #3

   Its not really refinishing, but I've spruced up a number of floors by scrubbing them with TSP, sometimes with a Scotch-Brite pad for the stubborn, dirty ones.

   Then a coat of Butcher's paste wax. Buffed out, they're really nice.

   The ones I've done were all oak, tho. I'm not sure how it'd work on pine.